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19 tweets that prove JK Rowling is the undeniable queen of social media

JK Rowling’s debut novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, was published on 26 June in 1997, kicking off an international literary phenomenon not seen since JRR Tolkien’s TheLord of the Rings. In the 20 years since, the Harry Potter books have sold hundreds of millions of copies, spawned spin-offs including films, theme parks and a West End play, and made a billionaire out of the formerly poverty-stricken Joanne Rowling.

But while Rowling might have made her name as a writer of children’s books, today it’s her very adult presence on Twitter that brings us joy (although we’re not averse to dipping back into the Harry Potter series, either). Rowling is an outspoken, considered and wickedly funny tweeter, who can post a savage put-down of Donald Trump one minute and offer words of comfort to a struggling fan the next.

Unashamedly political, determinedly kind to those who deserve it, and hilariously sarcastic, Rowling is the Twitter queen we all need in 2017. Here are some of her best bits.

1. When she highlighted the hypocrisy of media responses to terrorism perpetrated by white men